haredi

Rescued haredi Orthodox teens donate $7,000 to British town’s lifeboat team

Thirty-four London boys were rescued by a helicopter and lifeboats after they were trapped by a tide that rolled in quickly.

June 9, 2016 3:57 pm

Some 1,000 students attending illegal Jewish schools in London, report says

A private London firm working with a local education authority said it destroyed evidence several years ago that Jewish children were being educated in the illegal faith schools.

April 3, 2016 6:57 am

Why one haredi leader supports Western Wall deal with ‘heretical’ Reform Jews

Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl, former chief rabbi of Jerusalem’s Old City, is no fan of Reform and Conservative Judaism. In a letter sent Thursday to Israel’s chief rabbis, the haredi Orthodox Nebenzahl calls the movements “heretical religions.” They are “uprooting the religion and hurting everything holy to us,” he writes. “Their war against the religion is hard, […]

February 29, 2016 12:00 pm